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I'd like to trade my Masamoto SW3124 240mm Swedish stainless wa-gyuto for any of the following or similar in good condition. I don't care if it has scratches as long as it hasn't been ground down significantly. I prefer a thinner blade.

The Masamoto is almost new and barely used, less than a month old. It's 250mm on the cutting edge. It has a 'marble' more of a tan-blonde ferrule with the standard ho-wood right-handed D-shaped handle.

I'm also willing to sell the Masamoto for $240 shipped within the USA (so I can just buy a Yusuke). It really is indistinguishable from brand spanking new.

I got the 270 Sakai yusuke in white #2 extra thin. It measures more like 260 on the blade. I prefer it for most tasks over my masa KS. I just wish the kanji were more traditional; but I love the performance. The Sakai white steel is somehow much less reactive than others whites I have used.

I got the 270 Sakai yusuke in white #2 extra thin. It measures more like 260 on the blade. I prefer it for most tasks over my masa KS. I just wish the kanji were more traditional; but I love the performance. The Sakai white steel is somehow much less reactive than others whites I have used.

it probably has a coating of acetone on the blade still. my yusuke white steel did, atleast. i thought the same thing, wheres the reactivity?